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C.U. A mong Best at Producing Lobbyists

By MARGARET YODER

Sun Staff Writer

Cornell was recently ranked 13th among U S universities for the number of graduates who are federally-registered revolving-door lobbyists, according to a list published by the Center for Responsive Politics a distinction several professors said should not merit praise

The Center for Responsive Politics a nonprofit, nonpartisan research group based in Washington, D C recently published a list of 26 colleges that had produced the largest number of lobbyists who, as of 2011, were registered with the federal government The list was published on the center ’ s blog Opensecrets org

Four of the top five schools on the list are located in the Washington, D C area, and five Ivy League schools including Cornell dominate the list

Revolving-door lobbyists start out working for the government before transitioning to careers in the private sector But once they leave their posts to lobby on behalf of a private business, these people often use professional relationships they built in the government to influence policy, according to Prof Mildred Sanders, government

“Lobbyists who have previously worked for government are often viewed as people who know the system and how to work it which is just what their clients want, ” Viveca Novak, editorial and communications director for the Center for Responsive Politics, said in an email

But this game “certainly can be a bad thing” in U S policymaking, Sanders said in an email

Sanders, who said that Congress, the defense department and other federal regulatory agencies are frequently lobbied by former employees, called the effect these lobbyists have on the government “undesirable ”

Prof Theodore Lowi, government, echoed Sander’s negative feelings toward revolving-door politics

“I’d be very happy if we were in the bottom [of the list] because to me, it is a comedown to a place like Cornell,” he said

Criticizing the potential conflict of interest that surrounds political lobbying today, Lowi recalled the profession’s origins When the practice began in the U S government in the 19th Century, lobbyists

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May or : Pl an Will Erase $3M De cit

By MATTHEW ROSENSPIRE Sun Staff Writer

Hoping to confront Ithaca’s “fiscal crisis,” Mayor Svante Myrick ’09 presented his plan to balance the city’s budget at a press conference Tuesday Myrick’s proposed 2013 budget would close the city’s $3 million deficit through a combination of revenue increases, staff cuts and bureaucratic reorganization

In his call for a balanced solution to the deficit, Myrick noted

that advancing solely spending cuts would have required a 10-percent reduction in city staff Conversely, only raising taxes would have required a 15-percent increase for taxpayers, according to Myrick

After holding three public meetings about the 2013 budget, Myrick proposed leaving 25 currently unfilled city positions vacant a reduction the mayor believes is manageable Of these vacancies, 12 were the result of the city’s retirement incentive, which

Campus Politicos View Debate With Critiques, Snark

By EMMA COURT Sun Sen or Writer

offered $11,000 or five years of fixed health insurance costs for any city employee who retired between Oct 1 and Dec 31, 2011 Myrick said he expects cutting the empty posts will save the city approximately $1 6 million Another three employees, however, will be laid off two from the fire department and one from the planning department, for an additional savings of $159,000 Other city employees will face reductions

As the candidates squared off, a majority of the two dozen people

Snarky comments, indignant looks and laughter abounded at the Cornell Democrats’ viewing of Wednesday night’s presidential debate between Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, his Republican challenger

crammed into the small living room stared intently at the television screen, munching on Cheetos and occasionally glancing at their smartphone keyboards for a quick tweet about the proceedings

Occasionally, topics on the screen were apparently so incendiar y that fer vent, hushed discussion broke out

No official viewing event was held by the Cornell Republicans, though this did not preclude members of that organization from forming their own sharply held beliefs about the debate

“I think Romney won the debate by a landslide He was able to respond directly to the questions, and he gave specific examples with each of his answers, ” said Jess Reif ’14, chair of the Cornell Republicans “I feel like Obama relied on ideology more than evidence to support his conclusions ” The Cornell Democrats, meanwhile, also responded to many of Romney’s answers with contempt and, often, sarcasm

As the two candidates started off the debate by

crossing the stage and shaking hands, parallel in tall suits, red tie meeting blue tie, laughter broke out and one Cornell Democrat described the encounter as “ super awkward ” That adjective resurfaced again and again about interactions between the candidates

Director of Public Relations for the Cornell Democrats Max Schechter ‘14 explained why the onstage interactions between the candidates seemed disingenuous at times

“Clearly, these two guys spend 24 hours a day explaining why the other shouldn’t be president, and then they had to pretend just for a moment that they were friends,” Schechter said “It just seemed very forced ” Members of the Cornell Democrats also defended Obama when

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Freshmen Should Pick Majors That Re ect Their Interests, C.U. O f cial S ays

By CAROLINE FLAX Sun Sen or Writer

While some Cornell students look for “employability” in their choice of major, many students particularly freshmen also take personal interests into account when determining a course of study to pursue About 97 percent of new students said it is “ very important” or “essential” that their Cornell education provide them the opportunity to explore and discover different academic interests, according to the 2012 Freshman Survey

Approximately 62 percent of students in the Class of 2016 said they consider gaining practical skills for the workforce essential, according to results of the survey, which was administered by the Department of Institutional Research and Planning to incoming freshmen this summer Still, according to the study, personal interest plays a bigger role for many in their choice of major and that, some Cornell officials say, is a good thing

The findings align closely with that of an advising pilot program that included surveys administered to students in the College of Arts and Sciences during the 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years

Results from those studies showed that “99 4 percent of [responding students] said that their own interests had some influence or a great deal of influence” on their chosen course of study, according to Carol Grumbach ’78 J D ’87, associate dean for new student programs A majority of students listed personal interest as the most influential factor in choosing a major, according to the data

Grumbach was “pleased” by these responses, she said, since she believes students can pursue a variety of options after they graduate regardless of their choice in major

“We were pleased that students were pursuing a major related to their interests, because the major is not as important to [one’s] future academic or career path as students might think,” she said

For Michelle Valentin ’16, a Fine Arts major in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, her choice in major has been driven by a personal interest in movies one she hopes to turn into a job as an animator

“I have always been fascinated by movies and I have always wanted to be the one to make them I want to be able to wake up every day and love what I do,” Valentin said “I know that as an animator, I would be able to do so ”

Aside from taking courses required for her major, Valentin is pursuing an academic path that will advance her interests in art and animation, she said She wants to take courses in digital media and other fields that could teach her more about animation

“My professors are real-life artists who know what the art world is like and can help me prepare myself for a job,” Valentin said

Caroline Begleiter ’16 is another student whose interest is driving her choice of major Though she currently has not picked a major in the arts college, Begleiter said her interest in social networking may be steering her toward a major in information science

“I've always been interested in social networking and have been curious to learn more about it,” she said “I think taking classes in data collection and social sciences will give me the tools I need to be able to understand and do a job in the line of work I'm interested in ”

According to Grumbach, other freshmen also said that, in addition to personal interests, family members, peers and faculty advisors also play a role in students’ choice of major

Leah Buchman ’16 is one student whose choice of major has been influenced by her teachers A student in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Buchman said that if she does not go to medical school, she plans on pursuing a Ph D in her current major, entomology

Her choice was not driven by career plans, but by both her interest in insects and the encouragement of her teachers

“I have been interested in insects my entire life,” Buchman said “My teachers and what I have learned have only increased my confidence in going further and doing well in my major ”

As the first year on campus continues for members of the Class of 2016, students may decide to change their majors –– something Fiorino said a few of her friends have already expressed interest in doing But Fiorino said she hopes to continue her studies in her chosen field of study

“I don’t think I have been exposed to enough yet to decide, but I think I definitely want to stay in ILR,” Fiorino said

Harvard law student Brandon Winston has been charged with sexually assaulting a 24-year-old woman, according to The Harvard Crimson Winston pleaded not guilty to two counts of indecent assault and battery on Wednesday morning, The Crimson said At a fireside chat Wednesday, Columbia president Lee Bollinger spoke about Columbia’s network of global centers and took several questions relating to student life, according to The Columbia Daily Spectator Compiled by Jeff Stein

C or n ell Profe ss or Nam e s Ne w

Dance Company ‘edgeofthegorge’

By KAITLYN KWAN Sun Staff Writer

Prof Byron Suber, dance, has named his new dance company “edgeofthegorge” a name he says is not intended as a comment on Cornell’s history of suicide from Ithaca’s iconic gorges

While Suber acknowledged that the name edgeofthegorge could be perceived as a reference to Cornell’s history of suicides and accidental deaths in its gorges, he said he did not believe that interpretation of the name should define the company

“There are always a multiplicity of meanings that can emerge from extra-linguistic forms of communication, like abstract dance,” Suber said “The topic of suicide and its presence at Cornell is an extremely important issue, but it is not something we are ever intending to directly address artistically ”

fun to dance” and she looks forward to rehearsal each week

The dance company is the first at Cornell to combine classwork with extracurricular activity It operates in conjunction with Suber’s course, Transpositioning the Body

Students can earn between one and three credits, depending on their involvement in the company, for attending two rehearsals each week

Meetings outside of schedule class time, including performances, are extra-curricular responsibilities

“There are always a multiplicity of meanings ... that can emerge from extra-linguistic forms of communication ” P r o f B y r o n S u b e r

Suber said the company will “explore creative work that is more on edge and riskier than what has been available to us in the past ” part of the reason he gave the group its potentially controversial name

Tabea Hoffstaetter ’15, a member of the new company agreed that the name could have multiple interpretations

“It’s a lot more satisfying than going to the gym, ” she added “You exercise more than just your body it’s also your mind ” Like Suber, Hoffstaetter praised the many potential interpretations of the dance company ’ s name

“The name could very well be connected to Cornell’s suicides However, the name can also [mean] ‘ to live life on the edge,’ which generally has a positive connotation,” Hoffstaetter said “It is truly provocative and can be interpreted in so many different ways, [but] controversy often times produces curiosity among people, which I think in our case can only help ”

Currently, the company has been rehearsing Suber’s renditions of the first and second movements of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Suites for Unaccompanied Cello a collection of some of Bach’s most famous solo compositions

Hoffstaetter said she has performed Suber’s choreography for the number twice before: in his class last semester and during her five years as part of the Ithaca Ballet company

“It is undoubtedly very original and entirely [Suber] He has done this choreography many times,” Hoffstaetter said

Hoffstaetter noted that the piece is “physically very difficult to dance and can be mentally perplexing ” Still, she said the choreography is “ very

“They’re getting credit for the rehearsals they do, but the performances and going out and doing the actual work in public are extracurricular,” Suber said “I think it’s different for them to do something that’s supported or at least acknowledged by Cornell and the department ”

The extracurricular aspects of the company are funded through the Cornell Council for the Arts on a project-based need, while rehearsals are held during class time and do not incur an additional cost, according to Suber

The company, which currently consists of 18 students, began practice on its first project on Sept 14

The company is open to people in the outside Ithaca community, although none have joined yet

“Every now and then, we have people from the community as part of our performances but they’re not students,” Suber said “This is a way to kind of make an official and formal inclusion of them in the Cornell community ”

Suber said he also hopes to take the company beyond Ithaca

“If we perform outside of Ithaca, it’s representing Cornell,” Suber said “I just wanted to have something that people could feel proud to be a part of, and actually have Cornell acknowledge them for what they’re doing, rather than just an extracurricular ”

Although the company is expected to take up a lot of time, the dancers said that it would be worth it

“I joined because I like to perform and any chance to perform, I’ll take it,” said Jocelyn Hahn ’14, one of the company ’ s members “This is a great opportunity for that So far, it’s been really good ”

Kaitlin Kwan can be reached at kkwan@cornellsun com

C.U. Formed by Lobbying

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practice began in the U S government in the 19th Century, lobbyists were people who would wait in the lobbies of buildings to catch members of Congress on their way in or out and to persuade them to support certain policies, Lowi said

In fact, according to Lowi, Cornell University was founded as a result of lobbying efforts by troubled farmers in New York State In 1865, dissatisfied farmers banded together and traveled to Washington, D C , to air their grievances to members of Congress rather than hiring former government employees to voice their concerns on their behalf, Lowi said

The U S government ultimately granted the farmers several concessions: including plots of land that eventually became part of the University’s campus

“Be happy that Cornell did it right and did it first,” Lowi said “[Lobbying] does mean a lot to Cornell We are farm boys and I love it that way ”

However, Lowi questioned type of lobbyists Cornell is producing today

“I’d like to expose them see how many of them are proud of what they do And I have a feeling that many of them would have to lie,” he said

Sanders also recognized the benefits of some forms of lobbying in government

“I think it is a mistake to condemn the practice in lobbying in general It is, in fact, constitutionally protected speech,” she said “Some of it is good and useful to democracy ”

Still, she cautioned, it can also lead to “the exercise of disproportionate and unfortunate power by monied interests who want the government to do things that are not in the larger public interest [and] that do not further the causes of peace and justice ”

Andrew O’Connor ’15 had a more positive outlook on the implications of Cornell’s high ranking on CRP’s list He suggested that the number of lobbyists Cornell produces reflects the intelligent nature of the student body and the strength of the University’s academics

“I believe these statistics attest to Cornell’s ability to not only attract intelligent and motivated students, but also [to] provide a strong, indepth education that can apply to a variety of professional positions,” O’Connor said “What graduates do with their degrees is up to them, and their success should only reflect positively on Cornell ”

Margaret Yoder can be reached at myoder@cornellsun com

My rick Looks to Cut Costs

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in work hours, which Myrick said he believes will save between $50,000 and $100,000

The three additional layoffs were made possible by one of Myrick’s proposed changes to the city bureaucracy: merging the planning department and the building department into a new Department of Planning, Building and Economic Development The new department would take responsibility for fire code inspections from the fire department

Myrick also proposed merging the Chamberlain’s Office, which collects payments on parking tickets, and the Controller’s Office, which manages the city’s budget and payroll, into a new finance department While Myrick said he does not expect the change to impact the budget immediately, he predicted it would save $230,000 over the next three to five years

“Merging these departments will break down the silos that separate them, improve internal communication and, eventually, save money, ” he said

The budget also includes several measures to raise additional revenue, including a 2 72 percent increase in property tax 1 09 percent less than the average increase over the past four years The average Ithaca home would see a tax increase of $26 from the previous year under the proposal

Myrick’s plan also proposes creating additional city positions, which he called “strategic investments ” Under Myrick’s budget, a parking director within the

Department of Public Works would be tasked with increasing revenues from city-owned garages and parking meters Myrick also proposed installing new parking meters that accept electronic payment He estimated that these two changes would generate about $70,000 during the first year after implementation

The mayor ’ s budget plan also provides for a new Chief of Staff post, which would cost $82,000 in the 2013 budget including benefits Myrick said the position would allow him to govern more effectively

“I work about 80 hours a week, and I expect to work 80 hours a week next year with or without a chief of staff,” Myrick said “The city organization has increased in size and complexity though, without any increase in the mayor ’ s staff We could fix this with a deputy mayor, a city manager or a chief of staff I think a chief of staff is right for Ithaca ”

He also proposed hiring a staffer to write grants and lobby in Albany and Washington, D C

Of the $20 million the city secured in state, federal and private grants and awards this year, $680,000 will be funnelled into the 2013 budget, according to Myrick, who said future grant money would easily offset the $60,000 investment in a new position

Finally, Myrick proposed making a $250,000 withdrawal from the city’s fund balance savings the city has set aside in order to balance Ithaca’s budget in 2013

Matt Rosenspire can be reached at mrosenspire@cornellsun com

C.U. Dems Ridicule Moderator, Romney

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deficit “He did! He did!” one said in response

Romney's references to lower income Americans was the subject of snickers, with comments ranging from “I love it when he says ‘ poor ’” to “ you don't know what poor is ”

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were less than factual ” “I’d be surprised if this has much of an impact, although any presidential debate does have the p o

”

Schechter said “I think that both performed well Expectations are higher for the president, so a tie kind of seems like a loss for him ” Alex Pruce ’13, first vice chair of the Cornell Republicans, did not characterize the debate as a t i e He

Hotel Students Vie to Design 49ers Pub

By LINDSAY WERSHAW Sun Contr butor

St u d e n t s i n f o u r p r o j e c t groups in a Hotel School class presented proposals Monday to a panel of judges who will deter-

m i n e w h e t h e r s o m e o f t h e teams ’ plans could be selected for use in the opening of a pub in the San Francisco 49ers’ new stadium in Santa Clara, Calif The pub, which is set to open in 2014, will incorporate aspects of the students’ designs

ronmental sustainability, hospitality and innovative ways to use technology

“ With this technology savvy in mind, all 15 students focused their pub concepts around technology and innovation,” Spies said Fo

spillage from customers

essential for the pub to offer something new and intriguing “ With so much interaction being removed these days in the name of innovation, technology and efficiency, perhaps people don’t want the same old ser vice and hospitality anymore, ” Sergi said

drinks They also found ways to use technology to enhance credit card readers, automatic printers, h

and iPad ordering menus

Each team had its own concept for the pub “All of the teams focused on the three-step process: research, an al y

“Romney’s body language and tone were key to why he came off as engaging He channeled the frustration of millions of Americans, whereas Obama seemed tired and disengaged,” Pruce said

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area, ” Spies said “Our job in this project was to understand what the [fans] want and our students will go well beyond that ” When all four of the presentations were finished, students expressed excitement and anticipation for the new stadium c

Matt Clauson ’15 said many of the discussion questions began in a similar way by asking about fundamental differences between the two candidates In response to the moderator’s concluding statement, “I’m Jim Lehrer, thank you, ” one member of the crowd responded, “I'm Jim Lehrer, and I'm terrible at my job ”

Although Obama’s statements

t e n d e d t o b e g re e t e d b y t h e crowd enthusiastically, the sentiment ran particularly high when the presidential candidate referenced land grant colleges of which Cornell is home to several with clapping breaking out in the room

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debate “terrific,” people shook their heads, with one remarking that it was instead “ a disaster ” W h e n Ro m n e y t o l d v i e we r s thank you for “tuning in this evening,” one person called him an ass

Schechter ‘14 described the reactions of his fellow Democrats as ranging “from happy to see Pre s i d e n t O b a m a o n s t a g e defending policies we care about like Obamacare, to disappointed that he didn’t call Romney out on some things [Romney] said that

Emma Court can be reached at ecourt@cornellsun com

The stadium’s chief design officer, John Sergi ’89, helped co-teach the class and ser ved as one of the judges Other judges included Gideon Yu, president and co-owner of the 49ers; Greg Fender, senior vice president of sports for Centerplate, the company run by Sergi; and Scott Capstack, the architect for the new stadium

Rupert Spies, a senior lecture

l four teams focused on key areas for their designs, including envi-

Questions immediately arose concerning the use of technology at the event, which was held in a Statler Hall classroom

“I want hospitality and customer ser vice to be number one I don’t want customers to feel l

machine,” Yu said “As a fan, I can agree with that I want to get my food, be left alone and watch the game ” But Sergi noted that it is

had to learn about the 49ers, talk about the team and come up with a shrine that displays imager y representing the fans a n

Lindsay Wershaw can be reached at lbw63@cornell edu www.cornellsun.com

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An O pen Letter to All Intramural Participants

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Editorial

Putting the Brakes on the State’s Traf c Safety Grant

AS PART OF ITS ANNUAL roadway safety campaign, the Cornell University Police Department issued 94 tickets for jaywalking, disobeying traffic signals and biking while wearing both headphones The campaign this year not only issued tickets, but also emphasized education by circulating flyers and offering warnings This campaign utilized state resources and targeted what in many cases are harmless and victimless crimes In light of the increased concerns about campus safety, we question the efficacy of the program

The annual roadway safety campaign is funded by a $2,170 grant from the New York State Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee Because of this grant, the CUPD was able to carr y out the campaign without reallocating other resources Despite appearances, the CUPD said that it upheld its commitment to regular patrols and work on the recent instances of violence on campus We question the allocation of these resources from the state government and feel that this grant money could be better spent on programs that target more serious crime

Even though jaywalking and other traffic violations can be dangerous and increases the risk of accidents and injuries, this grant program does little to change the jaywalking culture and instead makes students feel targeted Mass ticketing in a concentrated period does not send the message to pedestrians and bicyclists that jaywalking is dangerous and does not make the campus safer in the long term Cities with diligent ticketing for such infractions generate a culture where jaywalking is abnormal If the state wishes to create this culture shift, ticketing would need to be consistent Instead, the campaign only ser ved to cause an uproar and create an antagonistic and reactionar y attitude toward the ticketers, whose intentions are presumably to ensure our safety

The inefficacy of the campaign was heightened this year by its unfortunate timing Though the CUPD did not divert resources from general campus safety and from addressing specific recent incidents of assault, the campaign created a climate of distrust between the CUPD and students, who were concerned about more pressing issues of campus safety The highly-publicized push to ticket traffic violators while more serious incidents were occurring only ser ved to underscore the way in which the grant was a poor use of state funds

We acknowledge that pedestrian and traffic laws ser ve a purpose, and that enforcing these laws has the potential to lead to safer streets But the concentrated surge in enforcement is unlikely to cause long-term change Instead, if the State of New York really wishes to make the state safer, it should reallocate the funds and use them in a way that does not further alienate police officers and the public

We trust that the grant was given with the intention of improving student safety, but we hope to see the ends met through more efficient means

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Christo Eliot is a sophomore in the College of Engineering He may be reached at celiot@cor nellsun com The Tale of the Dingo at Midnight appears alter nate Thursdays this semester

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A science article Wednesday, “Sagan Planet Walk Expands to Hawaii,” incorrectly stated the society to which Arthur Samplaski belongs It is the Cornell Astronomical Society, not the Cornell Astrological Society

Dining Guide

Eating

By SARAH McKEEN Sun Contributor

Feelings

Sometimes the stress piles on so thick that all you are able to do is hop in your car, floor it to the McDonald’s drive-thru, demand a McFlurr y with both Oreos and M&M’s, scold the employees for denying y o u r re q u e s t , s c re e c h a w a y s c re a m i n g

“You’re the death of this nation!,” drive to Purity, order a black and white frappe and indulge alone in the parking lot in silent guilt

I cannot say for sure whether I have done that or not, but I have encountered stress eating experiences similar to the one described above On occasion

Stress eating is a phenomenon familiar to many a Cornellian One may even go as far as saying it is an epidemic It plagues the finest of students It does not discriminate Worst of all, it sticks with you It is your ally in times of desperation, but this sucker is not your friend Stress eating is not your buddy Thankfully, you can learn to tame the animal inside of you with some practice

Let me welcome you to the Tiers of Stress Eating:

TIER 1

This is that time on Sunday night when you are all ready to sit back and watch a movie after your “busy” weekend until you realize you have a 10-page paper due at 9:05 Monday morning It’s not that stressful Yes, you will not get any sleep, but you are confident that you can get through it safely, especially with the help of something to snack on In walks fro-yo With the new multitude of accessible loca-

tions like Yogurt Crazy or even Noyes right on West Campus, fro-yo is an easy stress food to rely on It can be indulgent or fealthy (fake healthy, kids) And, hey, it’s right on your walk to and from Olin

If you just need something to fuel a few more hours of typing, go with the simple choice of tart yogurt with berries and honey

If you are desperately slamming your head into your keyboard

h o p i n g f o r s o m e t h i n g o f substance to appear on the screen, go a little wild Get the big cup and pile it h i g h w i t h a l a ye r o f c h o c o l a t e f r o - y o , a sprinkling of oreos, a layer of vanilla, brownie pieces, a third fro-yo layer of strawberr y, a healthy handful of Cap’N Crunch, one final layer of vanilla, hot fudge, whipped cream and four maraschino cherries The words will just pour out of you after that Or you’ll vomit

TIER 2

Oh, how I love the weeks around midOctober when two prelims, three papers, a presentation, 10 problem sets and 25,000 meetings happen to fall in the same week

There are literally not enough hours in the day to get it all done There is, however, plenty of time to take a few deep breaths and consume 4,000 calories At times like this, the only place to turn is GrubHub

How amazing is this world that we live in?

You can pick up your phone, speak no words, buy food from five different restaurants and have it delivered to you in the librar y without losing your coveted seat

The choices are endless, establishing a ver y thin line between deadly and genius combinations For example, spinach and artichoke dip from The Connection, pad see ew from Taste of Thai, cinnamon sticks from D P Dough and a meat lover’s pizza from Domino’s may seem like a good idea in between Orgo problem sets I have to warn you, though, that consuming those four things will likely end in disaster Instead, tr y a simple variety shared among a few friends Places like Jack’s, Apollo and Papa John’s have a wide variety of highly unhealthy options that are sure to fill that hole left in your heart after a prelim

TIER 3

Finals Day 5 The seas are rising and you may just sink Metaphors are tastelessly over used in normal speech and physical appearance is the last thing on your mind You have already had one

meltdown when someone took “ your seat ” on the third floor balcony of Mann

Nothing can truly fix this situation, but there is one thing can provide some solace

That thing is the holy grail It is Valhalla

It is Fenway Park This Is Cornell Okay, s o r r y, I ’

C T B i f yo u weren ’ t able to figure that out I challenge you to admit that you do not find immeasurable comfort in at least three sandwiches at CTB I really cannot provide any advice on what to order here because that is somewhat of a personal admission and I’m really not on that level with you If you really want to know, just stop by 415 College Ave at 7 a m , 8 p m or 2 a m any day of finals and look for the girl dressed like Allison Reynolds from The Breakfast Club, pre-makeover

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Jazz and twitchy, break-beat electronic music seem like an unlikely combination, but Steven Ellison has gone there and hasn’t come back In fact, working as Flying Lotus, he’s created an exodus of beatmakers following him to his native Los Angeles to replicate his sound, which is better described in a long list of adjectives, not genres Jazz is soulful, emotional and contemplative, while electronic dance music is synthetic, rational and straightforward On the other hand, both genres openly embrace instruments for what they are you wouldn’t find any skeuomorphic trumpets pretending to sing and highly depend on the musician’s individuality for the sound’s own personality They just also happen to describe FlyLo’s Until the Quiet Comes better than an EDM/Jazz fusion” label could

Until the Quiet Comes is FlyLo’s fourth record, but it feels more like his second after Cosmogramma rebooted his career much the same way Kid A did for Radiohead As his ‘second’ record, it is subject to the dangers of the sophomore slump How do you follow Cosmogramma, one of the trippiest, mind-bending records of the decade? Do you risk disaster by moving in a totally different direction, or risk unoriginality by staying with what you have?

Most ar tists respond by creating a compromise between the two directions but still fall into the slump because they fail to balance the two Ellison had avoided that before by avoiding singles in favor of albums, which resulted in mellow songs that showed much greater potential, and Cosmogramma was a huge risk that just happened to succeed very well But Until the Quiet Comes sounds like a natural evolution from Cosmogramma: The glitchhop is still there, but it’s now based upon swimmy R&B Outrageous song names like “Satelllliiiiiiiteee” and

BY PATRICIA KIM Sun Contributor

If there was anyone who South Korea expected to make it in the United States, Psy was last on the list If he was ever on it In recent years, a phenomenon known as K-Pop (Korean pop) has been spreading over the globe, by people not like Psy By not like Psy, I mean attractive And skinny The K-Pop sect, with exceptions, largely focuses on constructing girl groups and boy bands with “idols” who share the common qualities of possessing ridiculous good looks and dance moves, with svelte, ab-ridden figures well-demonstrated in sparse outfits

These lads and ladies (and their catchy songs, too) have made K-Pop a well-established phenomenon in large parts of Asia, and in recent years, Europe The Korean music industry has been trying to fan some of these flames in the direction of the United States; not with much success, but not for lack of trying Among the extensive list of those who have tried to make it in America are BoA, Se7en, Girl’s Generation and Wondergirls, whose unfamiliarity provides a sad testament to their ongoing struggle Perhaps that’s a bit harsh they’re all talented people in their own right but the fact remains that they lie outside mainstream American consciousness Ah, the Wondergirls Ever since Psy struck it big in the states with a single viral video, this girl group has become the butt of a rather sad joke For they have spent the past few years publically and expensively failing to achieve in the U S one tenth of the following that Psy acquired in a matter of weeks and this makes it much worse without trying Or at least, we can assume that he wasn ’ t trying Psy’s a funny guy, and like all genuinely funny people, intelligent His idea of attaining global rockstardom probably didn’t run along the lines of horsing, literally, around the streets of Gangnam (a district of Seoul renowned for, among other things, its affluence, excellence in education and cutting edge plastic surgery)

Nor would it have included gaping at the rear ends of women, dancing with granny under a disco ball and singing under the

“Computer Face // Pure Being” are pushed out for normal ones like “Getting There” and “Only If You Wanna ” The ear-pounding breakbeats pulse in a murmuring coffee shop, not a rave UTQC is, essentially, Cosmogramma all grown up

Whereas Cosmogramma begins with quickly escalating warped synthesizers, abrasive lutes and thumping electric bass, UTQC starts with precious bells and a soft, ticking snare drum supplemented with a snazzy keyboard that floats in the air like jazz music over the radio on a warm summer night “Getting There” follows with funky Cosmogramma breaks, but also imitates that immediate lull before you fall asleep: The beats are a vehicle that propels and tumbles the sleepy listener towards the next song instead of being the main attraction The listener finally arrives into the dream world in “Until the Colours Come,” like those movies where a visitor steps into the court of an exotic queen in a faraway place It’s hardly mentioned, but Ellison’s exquisite production doesn’t make that necessary

This isn’t an accident, of course: As he declared to The Guardian, Ellison intended the album to be “ a collage of mystical states, dreams, sleep and lullabies,” while in an interview with Vibe he talked about how fascinating dreams are “The notion of the unknown and beyond is something that I ve always been curious about, and the music [is] where I can ask those questions,” he said Thinking about dreams, however, seems too simple of an explanation for a guy who isn’t satisfied with using just three types of bells in one song Indeed, when Vibe asked him about his best dream, he mentioned that it’s one that out-reals reality: “A really amazing god-like being came

body gyrations of a mustachioed man in an elevator

No, this is the guy whose decision to sing “Oppan Gangnam Style” largely rested on his desire to be called “ oppa, ” an affectionate term (literally meaning “older brother”) largely reserved for young older men by younger women It’s complicated, but just understand that it’s a term that Korean middle-age men, like Psy, like to hear because they don’t hear it often

And the song itself is really not so much a social critique of Gangnam as it is a humorous ode to self-deprecation, because Psy simply isn’t Gangnam style He’s not the affluent, six foot guy with the occasionally manmade “V-line” jaw and the slim nose that is the stereotypical Gangnam inhabitant He’s not really getting it on with the sexy ladies of Gangnam He’s just a likeable, tubby lad who sweats profusely in the armpits under strain, a biological phenomenon that he has managed to incorporate into a running gag in his appearances on variety shows He’s that kind of guy In a sense, his saying “Oppan Gangnam Style” is like his saying “I’m Hollywood, babe”: The humor comes from a self-observed disparity between himself and the lifestyle that Gangnam represents

So it was kind of surprising to Korea when this chub and not the girls with the short shorts became the first to truly make it into the United States Surprising, and kind of weird Support for Psy is now settling down into one of pragmatic concern: Will he able to keep up his momentum in the United States, or will he settle into becoming nothing but a viral sensation, a one hit wonder?

Time will tell As talented as Psy is, it’s going to be hard to cap a 300-million-times-viewed, Guinness World Record-setting viral video But he’s certainly not going to be a one-hit wonder, because he isn’t one He’s already released a string of hit songs that made this singer a household figure in Korea long time before Gangnam Style My personal favorite is “Champion,” an instantly catchy song with an addictive, disco-frenzy beat in which Psy champions singing and dancing and just going psycho, like his namesake Another Psy hit is, literally translated, “I completely became a bird,” loosely meaning “I got canned ”

down to earth he took me up into the sky where you can see the whole planet From that angle you could see everything, including some of the most amazing details it felt more real than reality ” Rather than a total departure from the awake world, for Ellison the dream world is an enhanced version of what surrounds us, where the colors are vivider, smells are sharper and stimuli are greater It s a world where psychosis is embraced instead of shunned, unlike Cosmogramma, which made psychosis both distant, frightening and fascinating

It is unfortunate then, that as Ellison painstakingly explores ontological questions (narrowing down from 50 tracks to 18 for a perfectionist is not easy) in his most accessible album to date, UTQC will be compared unfavorably to Cosmogramma But like the EDM/Jazz label and Ellison himself, the album is an enigma it is a separate work, but also sounds like Cosmogramma, Part II They have entirely different aesthetics, but if you listen to both albums in succession you’ll have trouble telling when Cosmogramma closer “Galaxy in Janaki” jumps into UTQC album opener “All In ” Any way you cut it, Ellison has somehow made it unwarranted to single out an album from his holistic work In the album’s climax, “DMT Song,” collaborator Thundercat’s vapor-like vocals clear out a sleepy haze that shows for a split second how expansive the record actually is: “I can take you to a world where you could spread your wings and fly away ” Only Flying Lotus could make us really believe such clichéd words

And yes, he imitates a bird By lifting one leg, spreading his arm wide and cocking the elbows at 90-degree angles to fully embody bird-dom Because he’s awesome

I suppose that’s the moral of Psy’s success: That awesomeness doesn t have a language barrier Nor looks

Patricia Kim is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences She can be reached at pjk87@cornell edu

Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You

Idon’t like silence However, due to the shitty Internet connection in my room which has yet to allow me to finish watching even one episode on Netflix, I’ve resorted to playing and replaying some of the only downloaded videos I own as white noise in the background of my Hell Week cram sessions Therefore, just this week alone, I’ve half-watched Exit Through the Gift Shop, a 2010 Oscarnominated Banksy documentar y, exactly 14 5 times

This sideways glance at street artist Banksy and his radical cheek has left me with more questions than answers between the first viewing and the 14 5th viewing I wonder now more than ever if the entire film is a hoax, especially since the primar y subject of the film Thierr y Guetta, aka the street artist Mr Brainwash is an implausible cartoon of a Frenchman If Banksy hired Guetta for the film to embody the metaphor of today’s overhyped commercialization of street art of which Banksy himself is its greatest figurehead then Exit Through the Gift Shop may just be the art world’s Inception

Though the validity in this film is still in question for much of the public, Banksy is bewildered, saying “I could have never created a script this funny ” Perhaps, in this case, the truth is stranger than any fiction imagined, and whether Exit is real or not may not be so important It certainly asks real questions about the way culture so quickly monetizes talent, about the value of authenticity, about the role of hype in obscuring even the shrewdest of judgments Beyond the comically nuanced ironies of the plot, this is what Banksy wants the viewers to remember

And if what the stars of Exit

Ba n k s y, T h i e r r y Gu e t t a a n d Shepherd Fairey say is true and the documentar y is genuine, then the film reads as The Emperor’s New Clothes of modern art Considering t h e a b o m i n a t i o n t h a t i s M r Brainwash, a more apt comparison is to Frankenstein, with Banksy as t h e Vi c t o r Fr a n k e n s t e i n t o M r

wonder if these street artists are what’s getting Guetta off at night It’s certainly not his wife, who at this point he has a b a n d o n

world with Invader and his crew But the artists seem to keep him around after all, street art has a short lifespan and Guetta’s filming provides a historical record of their ephemeral work

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Once upon a time, Guetta owned a small, profitable vintage clothing store in L A , living comfortably with his small children and wife His obsession with film was conspicuous even then, as his camcorder became a permanent fixture of his right hand But it got worse Guetta, this fedora-wearing, middle-aged mustachioed tool, happens to be the cousin of the famous street artist, Invader, who creates mosaics of pixilated Space Invaders characters across the world Guetta films Invader on all his nocturnal adventures as he tags buildings with his mosaics It’s a pretty mutualistic relationship, despite the fact that Guetta’s obvious hero worship of his film subjects has often led me to

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Considering Banksy’s secretive nature has left him fleeing the installation of ever y one of his works, Thierr y proves crucial in filming the installation, defamation of and reactions to Banksy’s important pieces, such as the “Murdered Phone-box” in London Guetta then gets to film Banksy’s “ Ba r e l y L e g a l” L A show (most notable for the giant pink elephant in the room literally, there was a painted pink elephant) It isn’t

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Guantanamo Bay detainee doll in Disneyland that Banksy accepts Guetta as a confidante But after years of hobnobbing with graffiti giants, Banksy must ask of Guetta: Where’s the film?

There’s nothing Hundreds of thousands of hours of footage sits in a storage room unwatched by Guetta The documentar y he tries to make from the cobbled together footage is deemed “unwatchable” by Fairey and Banksy, and ultimately Bansky proclaims in Exit, “He was maybe just someone with mental problems who just happened to have a camera ” So when Banksy takes the footage in order to produce his own documentar y (which becomes Exit), he begins to distract Guetta by telling him to do his own art show Guetta then largely becomes the joke of his own

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galler y assistants and production employees in setting up his monstrously clichéd “Life is Beautiful” show for his street art alter ego, Mr Brainwash Nonetheless, the public eats it up Mr Brainwash, who has never done any work before, who has never been reviewed by any publication, who creates his hackneyed street art prints, such as Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s soup cans turned into a spray can, for mere pennies, earns nearly a million in sales He’s this huge, horrible success, and that is Banksy’s entire punch line

More successful than the show, however, was this documentar y in the eyes of the public and critics alike Exit Through the Giftshop is a year-long venture funded solely by Banksy himself In regard to the project, Fairey says, This is a way for Banksy to tell his stor y but at the same time critique the street art phenomenon It’s perfectly aligned with how he does things ” On his own film, Banksy is self-aware of his own self-awareness, of the way his commentar y on the commercialization of street art might devalue his subsequent work Still, he seems nonplussed, having written, “It seems fitting that the film questioning the art world was paid for by proceeds directly from the art world Maybe it should’ve been called ‘Don’t Bite the Hand That Feeds You ’” And yet, Banksy’s works are still doing exceedingly well in auction, continually garnering five or more times the expected value And so, maybe the joke wasn ’ t on Mr Brainwash, maybe the joke’s on us for unfailingly buying into Banksy’s hype as he openly mocks us all for it in his film If so, Banksy’s gotten to his third level and effectively completely the art world s Inception

Alice Wang is a sophomore in the College of Ar ts and Sciences She can be reached at awang@cor nellsun com Profanity Prayers appears alternate Thursdays this semester

c h a n c e t o s e e t h e f a m e d S c o t s m a n s t e p o u t o f t a l k s h ow l i m e l i g h t a n d d e l i ve r a f u l l - f l e d g e d c o m i c ro u t i n e a t t h e St a t e T h e a t re , s p o n s o re d by Da n Sm a l l s Pre s e n t s If yo u h a ve s e e n Jo n St e w a r t o r Se t h Me ye r s , yo u w i l l k n ow t h a t s e e i n g a c o m i c o f l a t e n i g h t n o t o r i

Treating Sports as an Art Red Ready for Any Weather

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made solid contact, Bosh proceeded to fall backwards, land on his back, clutch his face with both hands and grovel on the court for several seconds, which drew the offensive foul against Boozer

In a shameful display of sportsmanship, Yankees captain Derek Jeter acted his way to first base In the 7th inning of a 2010 game against the Tampa Bay Rays, Jeter faked that he was hit by pitcher Chad Qualls, and was subsequently awarded first base Jeter then went on to admit after the game that the pitch actually hit his bat Who the hell does Derek Jeter think he is, Daniel Day-Lewis?

What I want to know is: what happened to the good old days when players wouldn’t f l o p a ro u n d a n d a c t l i k e t h e i r c a re e r s depended on how well they could sell that they got fouled? Whatever happened to the expression, rub some dirt on it? Whatever happened to Pete Rose ending some random catcher’s career via a charge at home plate in a freakin All Star Game? Whatever happened to rough and rugged 1980s style b a s k e t b a l l ? W h a t e ve r h a p p e n

d t o “ n o blood, no foul ?

I’m reminded of and point to Game 4 of the 1984 NBA Finals This is one of those series that symbolizes all that is great about the NBA Lakers vs Celtics, Magic vs Bird and the list of awesome match ups can go on In the third quarter, while going up for a breakaway layup, Lakers for ward Kurt R a m b i s w a s v i o l e n t l y c l o t h e s - l i n

d b y Celtics center Kevin McHale by his throat

Instead of rolling and cr ying on the court to elicit a stronger reaction by the refs against McHale, Rambis popped straight up and went after him, ready to brawl What ensued was a bench clearing scuffle that

many people have uploaded to YouTube as an iconic NBA moment

Chris Bosh fell to the floor and cried like a baby over no contact, while Derek Jeter squabbled around to sell that he had been hit by the pitch and later laughed about it in an inter view, and these are the athletes that kids look up to? While I’m not advocating for violence in sports, I’m advocating for a certain sense of integrity and pride I want these athletes to be honest and own up to what really happened If they actually are hit, I want them to rub some dirt on it, grit their teeth and proceed to make their attacker look foolish in some other way

When then Suns guard and All NBA defender Raja Bell clothes-lined Lakers guard Kobe Br yant in the 2006 playoff, Kobe didn’t flop around and cr y Kobe literally brushed it off his shoulders, then proceeded to make Bell look absolutely foolish by, as they say colloquially, “making it rain like Lil Wayne” on the court Kobe drained shot after shot over Bell Kobe has said that he loves playing against physical defenders who pull, push, grab, etc because it makes the idea of sinking a fade away jump shot in their faces that much more enticing and rewarding

With guys like Kobe in the latter stages of their careers, these athletes can, I suppose, be thought of as living relics of a different time Call me a fool Call me a patron of a different style of sportsmanship, but I will never let go of the ideals I have Sports are an art, and should therefore be practiced with a certain sense of integrity and honesty towards the craft

Then again, if these men can win a ring and an Oscar, more power to them Right?

Juan Carlos Toledo is a Sun Staff Writer He can be reached at jtoledo@cornellsun com Showtime at the Forum appears periodically this semester

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immediately have everyone very comfortable with the layout and Ready to play some good golf ” As autumn kicks in the Red is also tasked with a new challenge the weather

“The weather is something we check religiously coming up to the tournament, ” Bosse said “It’s something that you just need to be aware of Up here in the Northeast you get wind and rain a lot, so it’s something we have to deal with And even during the Cornell Invitational on Saturday, we had a rain delay that took us off the course for four hours after playing nine holes and after the delay we had to finish the other nine It does a lot to throw kids off once they are taken off the course and then they’re just thrown right back on Weather plays a lot into tournament golf ”

However, despite the fall weather changes, the team is confident in dealing with the unpredictable conditions

“Almost all of us are from the Northeast,” Schimenti, an Ithaca native, added We re probably going to be pretty consistent Depending on the conditions that could be good or bad If it’s really bad, rainy and windy, that probably favors us because that doesn’t affect us too much ”

Despite the number of unknowns presented to the Red at Hiawatha Landing, Bosse is optimistic about the team ’ s progression

“Golf ’ s an interesting game you go from extreme ups to extreme downs But I like where the team ’ s head is right now, ” he said “Everybody’s starting to get together for practice rounds, everyone is looking like they’re in control of their swing I am very comfortable going into the next tournament and I really see the light We can keep and keep improving as the season goes on and really put up solid numbers by the end of it ”

Chris Mills can be reached at sports@cornellsun com

Women Work on Intensity

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Ordway did note, however, that one of the strategies the Red has been col-

l e c t i v e l y p r a c t i c i n g i s maintaining its intensity during ever y rally

“ P l a y e v e r y b a l l [that’s] one of the things we ve been working on in

ever yone is focused ever y point and controlling the things that we can control I think that’s something that the team overall has b e e n w o r k i n g o n a s a group and is something we ’ re looking for ward to seeing this weekend help us ” The squad begins competing Saturday morning in both singles and doubles; the finals are sched-

uled for two days later “ We cer tainly hope to have many of the women left on Monday competing in the finals,” Stevens said “ That would cer tainly be one of our goals as a team, and it’s going to be great if we ’ re able to do that ”

Olivia Wittles can be reached at owittels@cornellsun com

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Yeah, I guess should If Rob gets drafted I think he would probably pay for me to get some lessons from someone so he doesn’t have to explain ever ything all the time I got the offense par t down, sor t of But there are just so many r ules and terms that it’s just too much Right now I usually just repeat ever ything Rob tells me to my friends, and they think I know a lot about football I guess that strategy could work for me in the future, but maybe I should tr y watching ESPN or something

s s o g o o d I l ove t h e t h e m e s o n g Are t h o s e s h ow s s t i l l r u n n i n g o n T V ? Ye a h ! T h e y s t i l l r u n o n Te e n Ni c k , w h i c h h a s De g r a s s i , t o o W h e re d o e s Sw a m p Pe o p l e c o m e i n t o t h a t ?

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Squads Use Tournament Play to Prepare for Ivy Foes

By OLIVIA WITTELS Sun Staff Writer

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[ a n d ] g e t t i n g u s e d t o t h e i n d o o r c o u r t s ”

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we a re c o m p a re d t o t h e m ” T h e w o m e n ’ s t o u r n a m e n t t h i s we e ke n d , t h e U S TA C o l l e g i a t e In v i t a t i o n a l , w i l l a l s o p rov i d e a n o p p o r t u n i t y f o r t h e l a d i e s t o s e e w h e re t h e y s t a n d a m o n g t h e i r r i va l s “ T h e re ’ s a l o t o f Iv y L e a g u e s c h o o l s w h i c h a re c o m i n g t o t h i s t o u r n a m e n t , s o i t l l b e g re a t f o r u s t o s e e h ow we re d o i n g i n c o m p a r i s o n t o t h e m , ” s a i d s e n i o r c o -

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m a j o r i t y o f t h e t e a m s c o m p e t i n g i n t h e t o u r n a m e n t ( i n c l u d i n g D a r t m o u t h , Pr i n c e t o n , a n d Pe n n ) a re f ro m t h e Iv y L e a g u e , s o i t ’ s a c h a n c e f o r u s t o s e e w h e re

Red Looks to Continue Momentum

By CHRIS MILLS Sun Contributor

Following last week’s strong third place finish at the Cornell Invitational, the Red faces a new challenge at the Binghamton Invitational beginning on Sunday

The Red returns to the links course at Hiawatha Landing for the first time since 2004 with revenge in mind

“I would like to go out and beat Binghamton just because it’s their home course and they just came over to Cornell and won the Cornell Invitational,” said junior Zach Bosse, who finished second at the Cornell Invitational with rounds of 70 and 73 “I’d like to go over there and hopefully repay the favor ”

Junior Carl Schimenti agreed with Bosse, focusing his sights on the Bearcats

“I think our main competition is going to definitely be Binghamton,” he said “They’re probably the favorites going in ”

It was of little surprise, then, when asked if Cornell had developed any friendly rivalries with any other squads, that Schimenti immediately mentioned Binghamton

“Three of the guys on our team all played on the same section during high school and four or five of the Binghamton guys also played in that section,” he said “So we ’ ve all played junior golf against each other It’s good to compete against people you ’ ve known for a while ”

Despite recently earning its highest finish as a team since 2007, the Red still looks to improve from last week’s performance in the Cornell Invitational, according to Schimenti

“As a team, we can be really optimistic that we didn ’ t play great but we still managed to finish third,” he said

Bosse agreed with his teammate, expressing his pleasure at how the members performed “both individually and as a team ”

“Finishing third, it was a solid number to finish as a team, considering how poorly the lineup played,” he added It tells me that even though the majority of the team was playing poorly, we ’ re still capable of posting decent finishes which lends itself to the hopeful thought that once we get our game in gear and once we get back in tournament mode and get comfortable again, we ’ re going to be able to work and gel as a team and keep climbing that leaderboard

While Bosse conceded that while Binghamton has a home course advantage, he is very comfortable with the links-style golf at Hiawatha Landing

“People think of [links as] rolling hills, kind of wide, with tall grass lining both sides And it’s very representative of the course I played at home, growing up, ” he said “It’s a course style I’m very comfortable with and I’ve been around for a long [time] so I’m very hopeful we can play the course [during] the practice round and

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c a p t a i n C h r i s t i n e Ord w a y “ T h e re a re a b o u t 2 0 t e a m s i n t h e t o u rn a m e n t [ a n d ] t h e t e a m s a re f ro m a l l u p a n d d ow n t h e e a s t c o a s t , ” s a i d h e a d c o a c h Mi k e St e ve n s “ We d o n ’ t h a ve a n y o n e t e a m t h a t we ’ re s e t t i n g o u r s i g h t s o n T h e c o m p e t i t i o n ’ s g o i n g t o b e v e r y g o o d , w h i c h i s w h a t we w a n t t o s e e h ow we ’ re [ d o i n g ] a n d w h a t we n e e d t o i m p rove u p o n ” In p r a c t i c e t h i s w e e k , e a c h o f t h e w o m e n i s w o rk i n g o n d i f f e

And the Oscar Goes to ...

know a great actor when I see one, and I know a great performance when I see one

As an avid supporter of film, few things in this world have the engaging power that a great portrayal of a complex character on screen I still remember the first time I saw Training Day, starring Denzel Washington as Alonzo Harris a dirty

L A P D narcotics officer who spends a day training a new recruit to join his elite squad, while at the same time battling a race against the clock to pay off

members of the Russian Mafia who’ve put a price on his head

When I heard Denzel as Alonzo Harris say, “You know I’m surgical with this bitch Jake,” while wielding a sawed-off shotgun, I believed that Denzel was this character and I got chills down my spine As much as I appreciate an Academy Award-winning performance on screen, I absolutely loathe seeing acting in sports

As far as I’m concerned, there is absolutely no place for it, and furthermore it compromises the integrity of not only the player but of the sport itself

We’ve all seen it Every time a basketball player flails his arms like a wacky-wavy-inflatablearm-flailing-tube man; ever y time a baseball player is very nearly hit by a pitch and decides to wince and jerk in pain; every time a soccer player dives face first into the grass and grabs his shin in pain when really he only tripped on a blade of grass Acting is seeping into the sports we love to play and watch

Juan Carlos Toledo

Showtime at the Forum

Does anyone recall the Chris Bosh and Carlos Boozer incident? No? Well then allow me to refresh your memor y Although Bosh’s performance in Stephen Spielberg’s Jurassic Park was one of the fiercest I’ve ever seen, his performance against the Bulls was pathetic With the Bulls on offense, Boozer posted up against Bosh, received the pass and pivoted 180 degrees, swinging the ball around to be face-to-face with Bosh In the process of pivoting around, Boozer’s elbow came within millimeters of Bosh’s nose Although slow motion replay shows that it never actually